I-O-W-A

Up here in Minnesota, we like to make fun of of our neighbors to the south. For example: why do shoes in Iowa say TGIF on them? To remind them that toes go in first!

So, naturally, it's totally confusing that Iowa gets a large amount of say in choosing our president. Not that its 95% white, predominantly rural population isn't representative of the country as a whole or anything. Nope. In fact, Iowa has a great foundation in education. I learned that from their state quarter. That's right. They don't have anything famous in their state to brag about except their schools. As someone who took many an Iowa Test of Basic Skills when I was younger, I'm not convinced that's something to brag about. But Iowa has also produced such celebrities as Herbert Hoover, so we can also blame them for the Great Depression.

Despite this, a tiny tiny segment of Iowa's population will get to skip the Orange Bowl tonight to begin the official 2008 presidential election process. It's a dead heat between Clinton, Edwards and Obama on the democratic side and between our favoritest former governors Romney and Huckabee for the republicans. The latest polls show Obama and the Huckster with sliiiight leads, but it's going to be a close one tonight.

I'll be probably checking in/updating later on today. Leave comments if you're sitting around watching it on TV tonight (like I'll probably be doing, fun fun fun).